1. 17 March 2008
China OK’s Stevens’ Beijing master’s degrees
Breakthrough for noted telecom and microelectronics
programs
HOBOKEN, N.J. ― In a breakthrough this month, the Chinese Ministry of Education approved
the continuation of two award-winning Stevens Institute of Technology graduate programs open
to Chinese students in Beijing.
Delivered in cooperation with one of China's premier engineering universities, Beijing Institute
of Technology (BIT), the green light allows Stevens and its partner school to enroll new classes
of Chinese students in masters programs in Telecommunications Management and Photonics and
Microelectronics.
“It’s a great honor to be among the first American universities to be re-accredited in China,”
remarked Stevens Vice President Maureen Weatherall. “New cohorts of highly motivated
students will continue to join the ranks of dozens of our outstanding Chinese graduates working
for top international and local companies.”
The Chinese Ministry approval is one of the first granted to a foreign university in China by the
education ministry in nearly two years.
At Stevens’ fourth graduation ceremony at BIT in January, 39 Chinese students earned advanced
degrees in engineering and management. This fall, another 40 or more are expected to enroll,
joining more than 160 graduates and currently enrolled students.
The Beijing programs are taught party online by the Stevens’ award-winning WebCampus
faculty. The rest is delivered in China by the university’s faculty and by highly qualified Chinese
faculty in classrooms at BIT. All courses are in English. Degrees earned by students in China are